Published: July 18, 2008 11:53 am         

Friday, July 18, 2008

Miriam Sperry Stephens Burton
1935-2008

MOREHEAD – Miriam Sperry Stephens Burton, age 72, of Sharkey passed away on Thursday, July 17, 2008, at St. Claire Regional Medical Center after a brief illness.

She was born in South Shore, Kentucky, on November 6, 1935, to the late Roscoe Stephens and Nellie Margaret (Sperry) Stephens.

A graduate of Morehead State University, Miriam taught in the elementary grades for 27 years, retiring from the Rowan County Public School system in 1991. She had also taught for the Greenup and Boyd County systems. She was a dedicated teacher, receiving awards too numerous to mention and touching countless students’ lives in the process.

Known for her infectious laughter and commitment to God, Miriam was a member of Gearheart Community Church, which her husband founded and where he pastored until his death.

Miriam was preceded in death by her husband of 39 years, the Reverend Ivis Leon Burton, and two sons, Stephen Leon Burton and Timothy Paul Burton, as well as her parents and a sister, Mary Elizabeth Kilgore.

She is survived by a sister, Lenore Shipley of Bonifay, Florida, a brother, Edward Stephens of Maloneton, many nieces and nephews and one daughter, Elizabeth Grace Burton of Morehead, who was the light of her life.

Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 A.M. Monday, July 21, 2008 in the chapel of the Lane-Stucky-Gray Funeral Home with Rev. James E. Wiley of Cincinnati officiating. Burial will follow in the Bellefonte Memorial Gardens in Bellefonte, Kentucky. Visitation is after 5:00 P.M. Sunday.

Pallbearers will be William Shipley, Creighton Stephens, Jason Conley, Jon Stephens, Blane Kissick and David Johnson.

Lane-Stucky-Gray Funeral Home is caring for all arrangements.

To view the online memorial and sign the guest book, please visit www.lanestuckygray.com.

Clifford “Bicy” Lewis
1947-2008

SANDY HOOK - Clifford “Bicy” Lewis, 60, Morehead, passed away Tuesday, July 15, at St. Claire Regional Medical Center.

He was born Oct. 28, 1947 Elliott County, the son of the late Humphurs and Linnie Conn Lewis. Two brothers Paul William Lewis and Arnold Lewis also preceded him in death.

Bicy was a carpenter of Baptist Faith, a member of Ashland Carpenters Local 472 and an Army Vietnam veteran.

A brother Ricky and wife Debbie Lewis of Olive Hill survive him. A sister Jeannie and husband Woody Flannery of Sandy Hook and several nieces and nephews. And a special friend Amy Logan.

The funeral will be conducted Saturday, July 19, at 1 p.m. at Lewis and Ferguson Funeral Home with Brother Ricky Lewis and Brother Tim Lewis officiating. Burial will be in the Lewis Cemetery. Friends may call after 6 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.